Overkill

Although I am enjoying them all 2 online courses, one masterclass and a weekly screen printing course is rather too much. fitting work in as well is getting difficult, so the theme for all is ammonites which does make life easier, the print below is to test the exposure time of the screen and is 4hrs work!, next week we design the real thing, I took this course to help with screen printing on fabric but it is geared towards producing a work of art on paper,so not sure how much help it will be,I do not think that the Tate Modern are going to be rushing to my door to see the results.

I read Dogdaisychains blog and she does some beautiful embroidery she sells on Etsy and Flikr, I was tempted by these cuffs and brooch,they are velvet on grey silk,I could not get the colours to photograph the velvet is the most beautiful colours of luscious pale mauve & lilac.Sorry Jackie I have not done them justice and they are so beautiful in real life.I have lived and died in them since they arrived and when I pointed them out to my dear husband he said " I thought they were some sort of needle guard to protect you when you are sewing", what do you do with them!

I decided to make these cuffs as my daughter had said how some of the paint effects from Carol & Lynda`s course looked just like metal.These cuffs below are made from calico embossed wallpaper and string, quite effective considering there origins,the colour in real life is more pewter /silver ,but they do look metallic.It has been a great course and a real learning curve,very good clear instructions ,great `photos,and they must have lived on the computer replying to every ones questions,they make great tutors and I would recommend it to everyone.I have the last lesson to go through some of it I will not be doing as it is making books and folders to put our finished pieces in and I really have enough of those.